Publishers put a lot of weight on a book cover’s success, often switching the design from hardcover to paperback if sales haven’t met expectations. Highlighted here are some of 2021’s best ...

“Anna Morrison has been consistently pushing the bar year after year with her beautiful book cover designs. It was hard to choose just one of her covers, but for me, Pacemaker by David Toms stood ou ...

Go ahead, judge a book by its cover. We asked book cover designers to pick the best book covers of 2025 and tell us what makes them so great. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature.

So as “Best Book Covers of the Year” lists pop off this month, let’s celebrate the work that didn’t win the day. Here are some of the best book covers of 2023 that you did not see—with ...

Indeed, many of the best book covers rival the best print ads when it comes to design ingenuity. We may only be a couple of months into 2025, but we've already seen some stunning book covers.

Also, it follows that a broken machine on the front cover could only ever lead to garbled text on the back. The designer obliged with what feels like a perverse joy. This book has two back covers ...

A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that made a compelling impression. A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that made a compelling impression. Credit... Supported by ...

A new book showcasing beautiful midcentury cover art, “The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970,” contains dozens of outstanding hand-drawn or painted covers. It’s a colorful guide to the ...

While many readers pick books based on the creative teams involved or the stories and characters contained within, each comic is trying its best to grasp the consumer's attention with its cover.

And as book lovers, we figured the best thing to do with all of this energy and devotion… was to match book covers to Taylor’s different Eras costumes! (Please note, we’re just going for the ...

How well did they do this year? We asked five designers to judge the best book covers of 2022. Their choices highlight the variety of styles and techniques artists use to capture the essence of ...